by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2010 | Fiction
Imagine you are a famous child TV star. Imagine the whole world knows your name. Now imagine when anyone, anywhere says your name you can hear them talking. That’s a normal day for former child star Lindsey Scott, whose father has recently died leaving her alone with...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2010 | Science Fiction
A disease has spread throughout the world and it has turned everyone over the age of 16 into cannibalistic beings covered with blisters, boils, and broken skin that oozes infection. Their brains have become a scrambled mass and they have forgotten how to do much more...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2010 | Action / Adventure
With the floor shifting strangely under his feet, Luke, son of the President of the United States, is trying to lower a feather to tickle the face of his friend, Theo, who is still sound asleep. It’s 6:45am at Camp David and an earthquake has just struck...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2010 | Picture Book
Are you ready to get all spooled up? Christmas morning finds Jack opening his presents and finding a new friend named Captain Sky Blue leaping to attention out of his box. Both are ready for action. With the thrill of flying an airplane as a background, Sky and Jack...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2010 | Picture Book
“Ting!” A simple sound and the mystery and fun and joy are off and running! On the countertop of a flower decked kitchen counter, a mouse has just struck the first note using a spoon on a china cup sitting in the dish drainer. The ting that resounds in an...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2010 | Picture Book
Once upon a time there were three straight lines who followed the rules and stayed within the lines and were exactly the same at all times. They were very good friends. Then, the day came when one of the lines decided to change and to go his own way. He twirled and...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2010 | Picture Book
As you are getting your story time crowd ready to enjoy this story, you MUST teach them to shout, “But I wouldn’t say boo to a goose.” Now you’re all set. Combining her trademark rhyme and repetition, Mem Fox has written a rhythmic, fun read...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2010 | Picture Book
Lily Laceby may be ninety years old but people are really only guessing. She has creaky knees and hair like cobwebs and her best friends, “a fat old dog called Butch Aggie.” Lily may be old as the hills but her clothes are bright and alive and she lives in...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2010 | Picture Book
Combining the best of two great talents this is a marvelous celebration of babies and the wonder of the natural world that surrounds them. Every baby is a magical being with his or her own surprises waiting to be discovered. If Mem Fox was reading this book aloud, she...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2010 | Picture Book
Hunwick, my dear friends, is a bandicoot and he is one of the CUUUUUTEST things you’ve ever seen. He lives in a “dusty desert” far from the places we see everyday. In this “foreign” land filled with amazing plants and animals and insects,...
